Safety milk bottle container



2 Sheets-Sheet l June 15, 1937. w. H. VAN BUSKIRK SAFETY MILK BOTTLECONTAINER Filed Dec. 2, 1955 William H. Van Busfir( a n 2 l.. A @du A .2

June 15, 1937.

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SAFETY MILK BOTTLE CONTAINER Filed Dec. 2, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WilliamH. Van BusKllYK Patented June 15, 1937 UNITED star FTENE FFICE WilliamHarold Van Buskirk, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ApplicationDecember 2, 1935, Serial No. 52,582

2 Claims.

My present invention which relates to milk bottle holders generally ismore especially designed for apartment house use.

In its generic nature it comprises a wall cabinet or box built into thepartition wall between the hall and a room of the apartment, the cabinethaving a door at either end; namely, a door at the hall or outer end orside of the cabinet, and a door at the apartment room or inner side ofthe cabinet. In the cabinet is located a bottle holding slide orsuspending member which is secured rigidly to the top of the cabinet andhas its ends located adjacent the doors thereof respectively, the endwhich is adjacent the outer door (the door at the hall side of thecabinet) being provided with a locking device to prevent theunauthorized removal of the bottles, etc.

The invention also resides in the provision of a ticket or money drawerheld in the slide against unauthorized removal.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed outhereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, the invention stillfurther resides in the novel details of construction, combination andarrangement of parts, all of Which will be first fully described in thefollowing detailed description and then be particularly pointed out inthe appended claims, reference being had to the ac- 30 companyingdrawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a sectional perspective View showing the bottle holderunlocked, the view being taken from the outer or hall side.

Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 35 Of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section on the line 5 3-3 of Figure 2, theslide being shown locked in full lines, and unlocked in dotted lines.

Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the hanger.

40 Figure 5 is an enlarged detail section on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is an enlarged elevation and part section of the key.

In the drawings, in which like numerals and 45 letters of referenceindicate like parts in all the figures, I represents the partition wallhaving an outside face 2 and an inside face 3. Within this Wall islocated a box or cabinet comprising the bottom 4, top 5 and sides 6. Thecabinet eX- 50 tends through the wall I, and at each end there isprovided a door frame with suitable trim II). In these door frames arehinged at 9 the doors 8-8 respectively, there being one door at thefront end of the cabinet (the outer or hall end) 55 and one door at therear end of the cabinet (the inner or apartment room end). Extendinglengthwise of the cabinet and securely mounted to the top wall 5 thereofis a bottle hanger comprising a channeled member II having sides I2 withinturned edges 53 to receive the mouth ring 5 3ft of milk bottles. Oneor more bottles may be held, depending on the thickness of the wall Iand the available length of the bottle hanger II. The side walls i2 ofthe channeled member II adjacent the outer or front end thereof areslotted 10 as at Ill to receive the pivoted cross bar I'I which servesto block the channel. The member II is pivoted at I3 to a lug I5 on oneof the side walls Iii and at its free end it carries a lock plate I9 towhich is fastened the locking tube carrying mem- 15 ber 2t, whichcarries the tube 25m of the locking device. The tube 29a is indented at2l intermediate its ends to constitute spring stops for the coil springsand 26 respectively.

Within the tube Zla is the latch bolt 22. The 20 bolt 22 has a collar22a, against which the spring 25 presses to project the end of the bolt22 into engagement with the keeper It that is mounted on the other sidewall I2 of the channeled member I I. The tube 25m. at its end is upsetas at Zlib 25 and 20c, thereby constituting stops for the collar 22a andhaving a ring 2l that cooperates with the spring 25. The latch bolt 22is adapted to be withdrawn to release the locking device by means of aspecial key. The latter comprises a tube 28 having a head 29 throughwhich tube and head the grapple rod 30 passes. The outer end of thegrapple rod carries a spring 33 and a linger button or head 32, whilethe other end is split to form the spring tongs 3l which are preferably35 of tubular form in cross section to pass over and grip the head 2Q ofthe latch bolt 22 when the key is inserted into the outer end of thetube 20a.

35 is a cash and ticket box in which coins or 40 milk tickets may beplaced.

In using the invention the bar Il is locked across the channel way so asto prevent unauthorized access thereto from the outside. When thehousewife desires to put empty bottles in place for the milkman she mayrst insert the cash box 35 from the inner side of the cabinet into thechanneled member and then insert the milk bottles. The inner doorway,through which the foregoing acts are accomplished, is then closed by thedoor thereof. When the milkman comes along he inserts his key into thelocking device after opening the outer door 8 and pulls back the latchbolt which allows the locking device to drop down to the position shownin Figure 1.

He may then remove the cash box 35 and the empty milk bottles. Beforeputting the lled bottles in place the milkman may insert the cash boxinto the channeled member, or the milk bot- 5 ties may be put in placeand the cash box inserted last, if preferred. After doing this themiikman swings the b-ar l1 up again and locks it by means of the lockingdevice and the keeper I6. He then closes the outer door 8.

10 From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction, operationand advantages of my invention will be clear to those skilled in theart.

l5 What I claim is:

l. In safety milk bottle containers, an inverted LJ-shaped channeliedbottle hanger having provision in virtue of which it may be secured toan overhead support, the ends of said hanger being 20 open, a lockingdevice adjacent one end of said hanger, said hanger having a transverseslot in each of its side walls, said locking device comprising a hingedplate constructed to be swung into said slots across the ch-annelway,and means to lock said plate in. its position across said channelway.

2. In safety milk bottle containers, an inverted Ushaped channelledbottle hanger having provision in virtue of which it may be secured toan overhead support, the ends of said hanger being open, a lockingdevice adjacent one end of said hanger, said hanger having a transverseslot in each of its side walls, said locking device comprising a hingedplate constructed to be swung into said slots across said channelway,means to lock said plate in its position across said channelway, andsaid last named means including a, latch bolt carried by said hingedplate and a keeper carried by said channelled member.

WILLIAM HAROLD VAN BUSKIRK,

